The benefits of Music – The Swiss Study.

The benefits of learning music are well documented. Children who learn music often do better in many subjects such as maths and languages but also in other areas. In Switzerland they conducted a study where 1200 children in more than 50 classes proved scientifically that playing music does improve a child’s reading and verbal skills through improving concentration, memory and self expression. The control group who replaced three curriculum classes (math, science, language) for 3 music classes per week were found to improve their speech and reading skills with greater ease compared to other students. For more examples on this topic checkout the Kidspot article. David J. Hart